Working paper, technology transfer, history, Japan - before and after Meiji restoration, economic reforms, employment status, enhancement of production capacity, industrial development, case studies cotton, iron and steel industry.

A working paper from the Economics Division, Research School of Asian Studies, at the Australian National University, which looks at the concepts and theories of international technology transfer in order to explain that host countries can achieve technology capability, rather than adapting and upgrading imported technologies through technology transfer. The paper examines China's technology importation and its policies between 1988 and 1992. It concludes with some recommendations regarding future policies of China's technology importation.

This book, first published in 1989, compares, contrasts and evaluates the nature, scale and direction of industry-academic interactions in Britain and Japan: the conversion of academic discoveries into practical products. Japan shows its outstanding ability to translate scientific ideas into high technology products. Within this wider investigation, detailed consideration is given to the manner in which these interactions promote innovation and technology transfer. The information in this study provides a perspective against which decisions can be made about industry-education interaction arrangements, and much of this information is largely unavailable outside Japan.